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From: geoffrey@netins.net (geoffrey alexander)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: BSD vs Linux
Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 16:39:17 -0500
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In article <5lfo88$1hd@uriah.heep.sax.de>, joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
(Joerg Wunsch) wrote:

> David LeDeaux <dledeaux@vertexcomm.com> wrote:
> 
> > C) I think it would be cool to say "I run UNIX", not "I run Linux" :)
> 
> We might be "Unix", but we for certain aren't "UNIX". (*)
> 
> (*)...the registered trademark thingy in the US and in a number of
> other countries.
> 

Ahh, true, Joerg, but it's still 'cooler' to say "I run a 4.4BSD Unix" than
"I run Linux..." :)

geoffrey